Reposted by Dick PountainFall of Civilizations Podcast @fallofcivilizations.com · 26/09/2026The video for Episode 21 is now available for everyone!youtu.be21. Majapahit - Empire of the IslandsYouTube video by Fall of Civilizations 412021
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Came across this review from 13 years ago, which reads rather well in light of our current situation dickpountain-politicalquarterly.blogspot.com/2015/08/dadd...dickpountain-politicalquarterly.blogspot.comDADDY KNOWS BEST?Dick Pountain/Political Quarterly/Against Autonomy 07/06/2013 Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism by Sarah Conly Cam... 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On Lisette Model www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukAdam Shatz · On Lisette Model‘I was absolutely overwhelmed by jazz because I knew that was America,’ Model wrote. ‘And that was something I... 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026youtu.be/aK2nLNiFEAQ?...youtu.beHow modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorYouTube video by Naomi Klein 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026youtu.be/BXLGV0Sj0n8?...youtu.beChina Found Something Better Than OilYouTube video by Maxinomics 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Seen at the 'floating village' of Waterside Moorings, Lisson Grove 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Pictures of Londoners working around the canal: I prepared them years ago with the idea of making a graphic story (which I never did write) 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026substack.com/@dickpountai...substack.comDick Pountain (@dickpountain)Was this planned before, or put together super-fast, to counteract the Channel 4 News ‘sting’ of Reform last night? Either answer is disturbing in what it says about their numbers and organisation… 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sampling Reality dickpountain.substack.com/p/sampling-r...dickpountain.substack.comSampling RealityMatter, Information, Imagination 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026ENTROPY ECONOMICS dickpountain.substack.com/p/entropy-ec...dickpountain.substack.comENTROPY ECONOMICSBook Review: Entropy Economics: The Living Basis Of Value And Production by James K. Galbraith and Jing Chen; University Of Chicago Press 2025 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026sites.google.com/site/dicknew...sites.google.comdick pountain's pages - New FormationsCOOL RULES: ANATOMY OF AN ATTITUDE from New Formations Issue 39 (Winter 1999-2000) 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Cool Quotes dickpountain.substack.com/p/cool-quote...dickpountain.substack.comCool QuotesThis page is entirely devoted to bits and pieces that have caught my attention, with absolutely no uniting theme. 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026substack.com/@willkiely1/...substack.comWill Kiely (@willkiely1)What if Hyman Minsky’s Ponzi finance theory, where investor’s cash flows are unable to cover their debt servicing costs, is not just a stage in a speculative credit cycle, but rather the basis upon wh... 010
Reposted by Dick PountainMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/08/2026How to make the scariest coke out of clay [📹 jackjack_creator] Original post 1447
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026When a press report says "he became enormously wealthy through crypto investments" do they mean enormously wealthy in crypto 'money', or real money, or Ponzi money? 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026dickpountain.bandcamp.com/album/uneasy...dickpountain.bandcamp.comUneasy Listening, by Dick Pountain7 track album 020
Reposted by Dick PountainDick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Great article, I totally agree with Ian Penman about Satie's humor and anarchic wit. Also agree very much with Penman's invocation of dadaist lounge music: a few years ago I created this cheesy, lubricious lounge arrangement of Gymnopedie #1 in Ableton dickpountain.bandcamp.com/track/gymnodickpountain.bandcamp.comGymno, by Dick Pountainfrom the album Uneasy Listening 011
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026This is yesterday's eclipse photographed through my special Paul Klee filter: 030
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s ClimateThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 020
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comSpine Tinglers - YouTubeA note is perhaps needed for the finale of this list, 'Le temps des cerises'. It's a lovely song, but its special significance is that it first became popula... 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comSpine Twangers - YouTube 000
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/t...nytimes.comMeta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge (Gift Article)The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms. 021
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...facebook.comFacebook 010
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Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026www.facebook.com/groups/Nancy...facebook.com 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 27/07/2026dickpountain.blogspot.com/2026/07/ive-...dickpountain.blogspot.com 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026What I learned from following Guthrie Trapp and Tom Bukovac's vids on YouTube is to revalue the *graphic equaliser*. Had one for years for my acoustic: now moved it to the very end of the chain and my Strat has become a new instrument! And it's only a cheap Behringer. #guitar #guitarpedals 050
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I gave up digital cameras for several years and only used a phone to take pictures. Now, getting bored with staring at screens (esp in sunlight) I've dug out my Sony α58 DSLR, fitted SAM 35mm prime lens, switched off auto focus. Enjoying viewfinder-only with red-line display focus to control bokeh. 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026dickpountain.substack.comdickpountain.substack.comDick Pountain's Substack | SubstackMy personal Substack, which contains content from my website, my PC Pro magazine columns, my Political Quarterly book reviews, my political blog, and will in due course contain new material written fo... 011
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A GREEN NEW DEAL? open.substack.com/pub/dickpoun...open.substack.comA GREEN NEW DEAL?To combat the disastrous effects of global heating will require very significant sacrifices of Western living standards 010
Dick Pountain @dick-pountain.bsky.social · 12/07/2026THE LEGACY OF '68 open.substack.com/pub/dickpoun...open.substack.comTHE LEGACY OF '68Did ‘68 give us a brief and imperfect glimpse of a post-capitalist society? 010
